A company’s ability to trade electronically yields significant cost reductions and stronger competitive stance. But, many businesses still receive critical information through inefficient and error-prone processes such as fax and phone.

With explosive economic growth and a low-cost manufacturing base, emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China have been targeted by multi-national corporations for both sourcing manufacturers and as growth markets.

Many companies struggle to minimise network costs despite market pricing declines. These challenges can result from decentralised purchasing, or mergers and acquisitions.